Climate Emergency

February 24, 2022

A district-wide tree planting drive to help tackle climate change is set to begin next month in Wallingford. South Oxfordshire District Council has just granted an application from Friends of Wallingford and Cholsey Green Spaces to plant trees at Radnor Road and Wilding Road.  The applications are the first to be approved following the launch […]

February 14, 2022

Work is due to begin on the Park and Charge Electric Vehicle charging scheme in Wallingford this week. The scheme proposes a total of up to 62 new charging points in car parks across the South Oxfordshire district. Engineers are scheduled to begin installing electric chargers at Cattlemarket car park in Wallingford this week. This […]

February 8, 2022

South Oxfordshire District Council has adopted a new Climate Action Plan, taking a major step towards cutting its emissions and becoming a carbon neutral organisation. The plan outlines how the council will become carbon neutral within its own operations by 2025 – this means the carbon produced from the council’s buildings and services will be […]

January 28, 2022

South Oxfordshire District Council could take a major step to becoming a carbon neutral organisation next week when Cabinet members are asked to approve the council’s Climate Action Plan. The Plan outlines how the council will achieve carbon neutrality by 2025 – this means the carbon produced from the council’s buildings and services will be […]

January 27, 2022

People in an area of Chalgrove can rest a little easier now that their homes are better protected from potential flooding. A new 520m long flood relief channel has been installed at Langley Field Farm to help protect homes and infrastructure along Mill Lane.  The area has suffered from flooding on a number of occasions, […]

December 10, 2021

District councillors have agreed a series of steps to help ensure that South Oxfordshire becomes a real local leader when it comes to tackling the climate emergency. At their meeting on 9 December councillors voted in favour of taking actions which are in line with the Glasgow Climate Pact and its associated declarations agreed by […]

November 25, 2021

There’s a new sign going up at Valley Road Primary School in Henley, thanks to South Oxfordshire District Council, as the schoolchildren appeal to drivers to turn off their idling engines when they are parked near the school.

November 24, 2021

Southern Oxfordshire residents put around 700 tonnes of food* into their black bins last December, emitting nearly 150 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e)** into the atmosphere as well as wasting valuable resources and their own money. As Christmas approaches, when so much waste is created, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse Districts Councils […]

November 23, 2021

Press release issued by Oxfordshire County Council on its news page The roll-out of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging points in council-owned car parks in Oxfordshire has begun. Following the installation of the first park and charge EV hub at Bicester’s Cattle Market car park in May, the locations of the remaining 19 sites […]

November 12, 2021

The government must match their words with action, South and Vale’s cabinet members for climate have said, as COP26 comes to a close. World leaders have been meeting at COP26 (the Conference of Parties) in Glasgow with the aim of accelerating action to tackle climate change. While there have been significant announcements made on issues […]